What did the Iran-contra scandal highlight to many Americans?
A) It indicated a pattern of corruption in Pentagon procurement.
B) It revealed President Reagan's lax managerial style and contempt for the law.
C) It showed that many of the president's closest associates and advisers had caused the president's problems.
D) It proved that Vice President Bush had strongly supported selling arms to Egypt and using the profits to support the opponents of Ferdinand Marcos.
E) It established the fact that the American government would remain corrupt until the country implemented term limits.
B
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Besides tobacco cultivation, the key to the success of the Jamestown colony was __________.
a. the ability to attract English Catholics fleeing religious persecution b. the ability to attract thousands of gentlemen in search of wealth c. the ability to attract thousands of indentured servants d. the ability to attract government officials desiring to follow mercantilist principles
The Line of Demarcation:
A) granted Central and North America to the French settlers. B) granted Brazil to Portugal. C) prevented Europeans from colonizing Americas. D) granted North America to the Dutch settlers. E) was drawn to limit trade among the native tribes.
Many indentured servants in Virginia
a. became wealthy tobacco growers. b. ran away and joined Indian tribes. c. returned to England. d. died before completing their terms of service.
The Freedmen's Bureau
A. was created to operate for only five years. B. pushed for voting rights for former male slaves. C. created millions of federal public works jobs for former slaves. D. gave forty acres of land and a mule to millions of Southern blacks. E. distributed food to millions of former slaves.